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Graduate Programs

Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies is home to two Graduate Programs: a Doctoral Program in Theatre and Performance Studies and a Masters of Fine Arts in Playwriting. As part of the Consortium of Theatre Programs at Brown, the Department also supports the Brown/Trinity MFA in Acting and Directing, housed at Trinity Repertory Theatre Company in downtown Providence.

Faculty

(For bios and contact see links in People section of this site.)

Core Doctoral Program Faculty

Spencer Golub, Director of Graduate Studies
Rebecca Schneider
Patricia Ybarra

Graduate Field Faculty

Rey Chow, Comparative Literature
Wendy Chun, Modern Culture and Media
Thalia Field, Literary Arts
Lina Fruzetti, Anthropology
Olakunle George, English
Coppéllia Kahn, English
David Konstan, Classics
Ronald Martinez, Italian
Marc Perlman, Music
Tricia Rose, Africana Studies
Joseph Butch Rovan, Music

MFA Playwriting Faculty

Erik Ehn, Head of Playwriting
Lisa D'Amour

Brown/Trinity MFA in Acting and Directing Faculty

Curt Columbus, Artistic Director Trinity Repertory Company
Stephen Berenson, Director of the Brown/Trinity MFA Programs in Acting and Directing
Thom Jones, Head of Voice and Speech, Brown/Trinity MFA in Acting and Directing Brown/Trinity Consortium
Brian McEleney, Head of the Brown/Trinity MFA Program in Acting
Beth Milles, Head of the Brown/Trinity MFA Program in Directing